Method and apparatus for processing memo while performing audio communication in mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9894497-B2
Application number	US-201313910566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2013
Priority date	Jun 22, 2012
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A method of processing a memo while performing communication in a terminal includes: performing the communication; activating a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring; displaying a touch memo on a display device in a communication state and performing a communication service, in response to receiving an input of the touch memo; and transmitting the touch memo to a communicating subscriber and maintaining the communication state after a request for transmission of the touch memo is input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of processing a memo while performing communication in a terminal, the method comprising:
performing the communication;
activating a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring during the communication;
displaying a touch memo on a display device in a communication state and performing a communication service, in response to receiving an input of the touch memo; and
transmitting the touch memo to a communicating subscriber and maintaining the communication state after a request for transmission of the touch memo is input,
wherein the transmitting of the touch memo to the communicating subscriber comprises:
displaying a list including at least one transmitting method for transmitting the touch memo to the communicating subscriber,
selecting a transmitting method of the at least one transmitting method by a user input,
identifying a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,
converting the touch memo into a transmittable format corresponding to the selected transmitting method and the type of the terminal of the communicating subscriber, and
transmitting the converted touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

wherein transmitting the converted touch memo to the communicating subscriber comprises:
in response that the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), comparing the type of the terminal with a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,
in response that the terminal and the terminal of the communicating subscriber are a same type, transmitting an editable image file to the communicating subscriber, and
in response that the terminal and the terminal of the communicating subscriber are not the same type, transmitting a general image to the communicating subscriber.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting method comprises short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), e-mail service, social networking service (SNS), or messenger service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a distance between the terminal and a user increases at least a predetermined distance.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a preset gesture is input.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:
converting, if the transmitting method is a short message service (SMS), the touch memo into a text.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:
converting, if the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), the touch memo into an image file.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the touch memo to the communicating subscriber further comprises:
determining whether the communication state is a multilateral communication state;
setting, if the communication state is the multilateral communication state, a selected communicating subscriber as a subscriber to transmit the touch memo; and
setting, if the communication state is a single communication state, the communicating subscriber as the subscriber to transmit the touch memo.

8. A method of processing a memo while performing communication in a terminal, the method comprising:
performing the communication;
activating a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring;
displaying a touch memo on a display device in a communication state and performing a communication service, in response to receiving an input of the touch memo;
storing the touch memo in response to a request for storage of the input touch memo; and
transmitting the touch memo after the communication is terminated in response to a request for transmission of the touch memo after communication termination is input,
wherein the transmitting of the touch memo after the communication is terminated comprises:
displaying a list including at least one transmitting method for transmitting the touch memo to the communicating subscriber,
selecting a transmitting method of the at least one transmitting method by a user input,
identifying a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,
converting the touch memo into a transmittable format corresponding to the selected transmitting method and the type of the terminal of the communicating subscriber, and
transmitting the converted touch memo to the subscriber,

wherein transmitting the converted touch memo to the subscriber comprises:
in response that the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), comparing the type of the terminal with a type of a terminal of the subscriber,
in response that the terminal and the terminal of the subscriber are a same type, transmitting an editable image file to the subscriber, and
in response that the terminal and the terminal of the subscriber are not the same type, transmitting a general image to the subscriber.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting method comprises short message service (SMS), multimedia message service (MMS), e-mail service, social networking service (SNS), or messenger service.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a distance between the terminal and a user increases at least a predetermined distance.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the activating of the touch memo input mode is started by the predetermined event which comprises sensing an event in which a preset gesture is input.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:
converting, if the transmitting method is a short message service (SMS), the touch memo into a text.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the converting of the touch memo into the transmittable format comprises:
converting, if the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), the touch memo into an image file.

14. An apparatus for processing a memo while performing communication, the apparatus comprising:
a communication unit;
a touch panel;
a display unit;
a storage unit; and
a controller configured to:
activate a touch memo input mode in response to a predetermined event occurring during the communication,
generate a touch memo in response to receiving an input of the touch memo,
control the communication unit to transmit the touch memo to a communicating subscriber, in response to a request for transmission of the input touch memo, and
maintain the communication state,

wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the display unit to display a list including at least one transmitting method for transmitting the touch memo to the communicating subscriber,
select a transmitting method of the at least one transmitting method by a user input,
identify a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,
convert the touch memo into a transmittable format corresponding to the selected transmitting method and the type of the terminal of the communicating subscriber, and
control the communication unit to transmit the converted touch memo to the communicating subscriber,

wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response that the transmitting method is a multimedia message service (MMS), compare the type of the terminal with a type of a terminal of the communicating subscriber,
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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dongjeon
• Lee Zunho
• Shin Sunghyuk
• Kim Hyunjung

Classifications

• G06F40/10

  Text processing (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40) · CPC title

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F17/21

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04B1/40 Primary

  Circuits · CPC title